Garden Update

[flea]

Last week was cool (highs around 60) and very rainy, especially in the early part of the week. Tonight we have a hard freeze forecast. I like the delayed spring - it could easily be 80 degrees every day by now.

Daffodils are fully out. The ones I planted in the front look good; I mistakenly put the pansies behind them, and should move them forward. The new bulbs whose name I forget (blue star-flower) are a bit too subtle for the place they are, and suffered somewhat from the construction debris. The daffs by the butterfly bush are too regularly planted but I suppose they'll irregular up over the years. Allium several inches tall in the back bed, and sweet william greening up. Tips of the orange lily appearing. Took digital photos of the side yeard so I know where I need more bulbs, and where the existing ones are in old unblooming clumps so I can move them. Iris looking okay but I don't expect many blooms this year.

The peas and spinach are sprouty and I put in branches to support the peas. Seem to have survived the flood in place okay. New chives coming up, oregano is flourishing, pulled out the dead basil. May have killed the mint. Rosemary and sage looking scruffy.

Dogwood not at all bloomy; cherry trees bloomy, as is the spring camellia in the front yard. Hope the frost doens't affect the cherries too much.

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[dxmachina.livejournal.com]

Ohh, good post, because it reminds me that I need to start some tomato seedlings real soon. My daffodils have sprouted, but are nowhere near blooming. Plus they were completely covered by snow this week.